![]() The Miracles' original version of the song finds lead singer and co-writer Smokey Robinson courting a girl who, weary of the game of love, prefers to string her men along and not get romantically involved. "I sure hope she likes them." Cleveland then added "I second that emotion." Both songwriters laughed at Cleveland's malapropism he had meant to say "I second that motion." The two were immediately inspired to write a song using the incorrect phrase. "They're beautiful." he said to the salesperson. Robinson found a set of pearls for his wife, Claudette. One morning in 1967, Robinson and Cleveland were shopping at Hudson's, a Detroit department store. First charting as a hit for Smokey Robinson and the Miracles on the Tamla/ Motown label in 1967, "I Second That Emotion" was later a hit single for the group duet Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations, also on the Motown label. " I Second That Emotion" is a 1967 song written by Smokey Robinson and Al Cleveland. "I Second That Emotion" by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles on YouTube ![]() Smokey Robinson & the Miracles singles chronology ![]()
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